Chapter 21: Catching the Wild Boar
On the morning of the ninth day, Tong Chen didn't feel sleepy at all very early, thinking that the trap might catch the rabbit, so he would be able to eat a delicious meal.
Tong Chen didn't even have the heart to go to the waterhole to catch frogs again, his heart was full of traps.
When Tong Chen arrived at the place where the trap was set for almost an hour, he was stunned by the sight of what happened at the entrance of the cave.
The trap set by Tong Chen was indeed triggered, seeing this scene, Tong Chen was faintly excited, but then when he saw the looper willow branch being torn apart by Juli Sheng, Tong Chen was like a deflated ball, and suddenly became depressed, and his heart couldn't help but be depressed.
Standing in front of the trap, Tong Chen lowered his head and was silent for a long time, and his first hopeful hunt was declared a failure.
Tong Chen, who came back to his senses, looked at the broken willow branch, and then had an epiphany in his heart, the animal that can pull the willow branch alive is obviously not very like a rabbit, but also a brute force animal like a wild boar.
Tong Chen calmed down and observed the footprints on the ground, the footprints were obviously a few points into the soil, obviously there was a relatively heavy animal in the cave.
What to do?
Tong Chen fell into a daze for a while, the ordinary looper trap no longer worked, how to catch this animal, or give up?
At the thought of giving up, Tong Chen suddenly denied his own thoughts, in order to catch the prey, he had already forgotten to sleep and eat, wasting too much time.
If it's any other animal, it's a good thing, this thing is obviously much bigger than a rabbit, and if you can catch it, you can eat it more well.
After all, how to catch it?
Tong Chen didn't come up with a good way for a while, whether to poke it or not, such an idea suddenly popped up in his head somehow, and it was out of control.
In fact, such a strange idea is not Tong Chen's casual thoughts, but his habit when he was a child, when he encountered a hole in the wild, he always wanted to poke out the animals inside.
But this time Tong Chen was a big fool, accidentally encountered a hole in the wild, and it was obviously not a wise thing to wake up the animal at the first time, he should be kind and seducing, act quietly, and strive to capture the prey in one fell swoop.
Tong Chen quickly found a branch that was five or six meters long, and the terrain in this hole gradually declined, not all the way flat.
Tong Chen stood at the entrance of the cave and slowly stretched the branches down, the branches were inserted deeper and deeper, he seemed to have forgotten his fear at this time, only curiosity remained.
"Whoa..."
Suddenly, when the stick in Tong Chen's hand was about to reach in, Tong Chen felt that something had been stabbed at the bottom of the stick, and before he could stab it a second time, a strange cry sounded...
Tong Chen was startled and almost fell, he hurriedly retreated backwards, but it seemed to be a little late.
In Tong Chen's frightened gaze, a black shadow rushed straight towards him, Tong Chen didn't even see what kind of animal this black shadow was, and was instantly overturned to the ground by a great force, and his back hit the ground first.
Tong Chen looked at the black shadow for the first time, and it turned out to be a wild boar.
This wild boar is not large, obviously not long after birth, and its coat is yellowish throughout, and there are some white hairs mixed with it on its back.
This little wild boar should have never seen a human being, and when he saw such a big person standing at the door of his house, still holding something in his hand, it was obviously ill-intentioned.
Out of the survival instinct of animals, the instinct of the little wild boar is one word: run.
As soon as Tong Chen saw that the little wild boar was about to run, he subconsciously rushed towards the wild boar.
If it is a big wild boar, Tong Chen will not have any hesitation, that is, he will quickly flee first, if it is a little piglet, then Tong Chen will not be polite.
But Tong Chen still underestimated the ability of the little wild boar, he followed the little wild boar, chasing after slowly, the wild boar seemed to be like a fish in water in the woods, running more and more slippery, and Tong Chen was quickly out of breath, several meals without eating, it was strange to be able to outrun the wild boar, the distance between the two was getting farther and farther, and in an instant, the little wild boar escaped from Tong Chen's sight.
Tong Chen sat paralyzed on the ground, panting, he frowned, stretched out his hand to wipe his back, only to see that his hands were full of blood, Tong Chen realized that it would be hit by a wild boar, and his back was sunburned.
It's been busy for a long time, as if the mutton hasn't been eaten, but it's a commotion.
Return to the campsite, take care of the fire, and rehydrate.
Tong Chen sat in the shelter, his face was not a little anxious, but calm.
After a brief rest, Tong Chen came to the outside of the wild boar cave again.
When he returned to the camp at noon, Tong Chen remembered how to deal with this little wild boar.
This little piglet should return to his own nest, Tong Chen thought to himself, he found a big round stone with forty or fifty catties around, and moved it to the top of the wild boar cave with great effort.
This time, Tong Chen thought of the rockfall trap he had seen on TV, but the rockfall trap that Tong Chen wanted to set up was different from the one on TV, and he set up a trap that was more suitable for catching prey according to his own environment.
Since the top of the boar cave is sloping, the stones placed on it will immediately roll down if they are not cushioned.
Tong Chen's trap is to use the potential energy of this big stone, he is under the stone, that is, the entrance of the hole, with three branches to support the big stone to roll down, if an animal runs out and triggers any of the three branches, the stone will also be unevenly forced, immediately roll down, and hit the animal.
Moreover, in order to increase the sensitivity of the trap and the success rate of capturing animals, the three branches supporting the stone were broken, but the two barely supported each other, and with a little external force, the stone immediately came down.
After setting up the trap, Tong Chen did not return to the camp, he was ready to wait for the rabbit not far away, no, it was to wait for the pig.
Once a wild boar was smashed, Tong Chen immediately pounced on it to make up for the second knife, for which he also specially used thick branches to repair a spear, the top of Tong Chen burned with fire, and then ground into the shape of a spearhead, a spear down, can definitely pierce the flesh and skin.
Time slipped away slowly, and the sun had already set, Tong Chen hid behind a tree, stretched out his head to observe the situation at the entrance of the cave, but there was no movement.
I don't know where the little boar's mother went, I don't know if it's in the hole, or if it doesn't come back, if it's in the hole, it's not fun, if it suddenly rushes out, the stone is probably just to tickle it, what's more terrifying is that once it annoys it, then I really can't eat and walk around; if I haven't returned, if I suddenly come back and destroy the trap, then I'm also working in vain, and more importantly, if it discovers my existence, the result is unimaginable.
Neither of them is pleasing either, God forbid, no matter where this big pig stays, don't come out yet, stay honest.
I don't know how long it has been, Tong Chen, who has been standing, has sat down at some point, he looks anxious, and he is about to wait impatiently.
"Whew..."
Suddenly, a scream accompanied by a sound reached Tong Chen's ears, and his expression was shocked, and he picked up the spear next to him and rushed to the wild boar cave.